Eye-operating mechanism for dolls



'R. DE BERSAQUES EYE OPERATING MECHANISM FOR DOLLS ori u Filed May 10. 192? 'INVENTOR Wow/x2 fieflaxxe aes ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STAT S ROMAIN DE BERsAQUns, or" SEATTLE, wasnme'ion. T

EYE-OPERATING MECHANISM FOR DOLLS.

' Application filed May 10, 1922, se ial no. 559,950. Renewed April 13,1925.

eye operating mechanism for dolls andthe object of my invention isto provide an eye operating mechanism for turning the eyes of a doll from one side to the other when the doll is inclined sidewise .from a vertical position.

Another object is to provide eye Op rating mechanism that is strong and simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, easy to install within a doll head of standard construction and not liable to get out of order even when subjected to rough usage.

A further object is to provide eye operating mechanism in which the eyes are turned from side to side by the use of a suspended weightthat tends to hang in a vert1cal'pos1- tion when the doll is inclined to either side of the vertical.

Other and more specific objects w ll be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

I accomplish these objectsby devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a view in vertical mid section showing a doll head within which is installed eye operating mechanism constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the eyes and eye operating mechanism detached from the head of the doll.

Fig. 3 is a plan view on line 3, 3 of Fig. 2 and Figs. 4 and 5 are views in front elevation showing the maximum positions that the eyes and eye operating mechanism may assume when the head of the doll is tilted to the right or to the left of the vertical respectively.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, the numeral 7 designates a doll head of common form that is provided in the crown portion with an opening 8 through which mechanism in an assembled state may be inserted, said head being provided with the usual openings, not shown, atthe location of the eyes. I v f .Rigidly secured within the nose of the doll head 7 is a socket-9 preferably of U shaped cross section for the. reception of the lower endlO of. a normallyvertical sup-' porting bar 11, whoseupper end is curved to fit the contour ofthe forehead and is rig dly securedto said forehead as by a body of cement or plaster of Paris 12, that may be plastered into the head in a soft state when the mechanism is inserted, and allowed to harden, the supporting bar 11 being thus secur'elyanchored to the head 7 Secured to the bar 11 is a rearwardly protruding U shaped :clip 13 to which another clip '14 is pivotally connected by a transverse normally horizontal pivot pin 15. The clip 14 is integral with or otherwise rigidly secured to a downwardly protruding bracket arm 16 on the forwardly bent lower end of which is a fixedly secured cross bar 17.

Secured by pivots 19 to opposite ends of the fixed cross bar 17 are bracket members 18 that extend upwardly and rearwardly and are thence bent double and terminate in forwardly protruding ends to which eyeballs 20 are fixedly connected in any suitable manner. The'rear ends of the brackets 18 are secured by pivots 21 to a movable cross bar 22 that is provided midway between its two ends with a downwardly protruding relatively fixed arm 23 which terminates in a forwardly extending portion 24, that pro jects througha slot 25 in an arm 26 whose upper end is pivoted to the upper end of the bracket member 16 and whose lower end is provided with a weight 27. In operation when the head 7 'is tilted sidewise either to right or left the weight arm 26 will tend to remain in a vertical posi: tion and by reason of its connection by means of parts 24 and 23 with cross bar 22 will cause said cross bar to move transversely relative to the eyeballs 20 and by turning the bracket members 18 on their pivots to turn the eyeballs 20 in a direction opposite to the direction in which the head is inclined. For instance if the head 7 is in an upright position the eyeballs 20 will appear to be directed straight to the front as shown in detached views in Figs. 2 and 3. If the head 7 is tilted to the right from the vertical position the supporting bar 11 which is rigidly connected with the head and the other parts hat arel fixedlysecnred to the supporting bar will be inclined as shown in Fig. 4, While the weight arm "26 will remain in asnbstantially vertical position and will turn the eyeballs 20 to the left, while if the head-is tilted-to the left from the vertical position the relatively fixed parts will be turned into the positions shown in Fig. 5 and the eyeballs will be turned to the right.

.By operating in the manner above described .it will 'beseen that a doll may be caused-to roll its eyes from one side to the other by tilting the doll from one side to the other of the vertical position.

The pivots 19 of the eye supporting brackets 18'are located on the prolongation of the vertical axis ofthe eyeballs 50 that turning movement of the brackets .Wlll impart rotary movement on an axial line to said eyeballs.

If the head T is tilted rearwardly the weight 27 which willjtend to hang in a vertical' position will cause the eye supporting mechanism to be oscillated on the ,n'ofrmally horizontal pivot pin 15 and theeyeballs to be tiir-ned downwardly relative to the face of the doll. It the head is tilted far enough to 'th'e reai' the pupilsot the eyeballs 20 will pass entirely out of sight. and will appear to be entirely closed. hen the head ,7 is again moved into a vertical position, the pupils of the eyeballs will again be visible. illhe use of afixed socket 9 inthe nose of the doll head makes it easy to insert the eyes and eye operating mechanism into the head 7 in assembling the doll;

The several parts are simple in construction, easy to manuiacture and assemble and are not liable to, get out of order after they ar P aced in helheed of a Ql The sidewise or rolling movement of the eyes attained by this mechanism is especially entertaining and fascinating to children and gives a life like appearance to the doll.

The foregoing description taken in 0011- nection wi'th the accompanying drawings clearly discloses the plan of construction and method of operation otthis invention, but, while I have shown and described what I now consider tofbe the preferred embodiinent ot'jthe invention'it willbe understood thatthe disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be made as are within the scope and spirit of appen d laim.

l/Vhat 'I claim is:

The combination with a dolls head, of a socket secured within the nose portion of said doll .head', a supporting bar'arranged to fit within said socket and'to be cemented to the vforehead portion of said doll head; a fixed bracket projecting rearwardly from said supporting bar, an arm connected with i said fixed bracket and protruding downwardly, a transverse bar'supported by said arm, an eyeball supporting bracket pivoted to each end of said transverse bar, ,an eyeball secured to each eyeball supporting bracket, an actuating bar connecting said two eyeball supporting brackets, a weight arm :pivotally connected with said fixed bracket, a weight on the lower end of said weight arm and means connecting said weight-arm with said actuating bar for moving said actuating bar-to turn said eyeball supporting brackets in response to sidewise tilting movement of said doll head.

In witness whereof, I here-unto subscribe my name this 13th day of April A. D. 1922.

ROMAIN DE BERSAQUES. 

